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Since the beginning of the air campaign Russian air forces have carried out about 140 strikes against terrorist positions in Syria

Saudi Arabia is ramping up its supplies of lethal weaponry to three different rebel groups in Syria in response to the Russian airstrikes on Syrian rebels, British media reported, citing a Saudi government official in Riyadh.

“A precise hit on the terrorists’ fortifications led to the detonation of munitions and vehicles, causing a complete destruction of the stronghold,”

Moscow’s growing military involvement in the Syrian conflict – which on Wednesday involved its jets backing an offensive by ground troops loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad – is expected to be high on the agenda of a meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers.

The refusal to share intelligence on terrorists “just confirms that the US goals in Syria have little to do with creating the conditions for a political process and national reconciliation,”...Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the remarks of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the possibility of Turkey abandoning the purchases of Russian gas. However, the Kremlin hopes to maintain mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, considering the operation in Syria to be of assistance to ensure security on the Turkish borders.

Islamic State is training militants from Russia in Afghanistan as part of its efforts to expand into Central Asia, a senior Russian diplomat told a security conference in Moscow. He added that US and UK passport holders are among the instructors.

Over seven days Russia delivered over a hundred airstrikes at various jihadist facilities across the country, reportedly igniting panic among some groups.

Baghdad, Russia’s ally in its fight against ISIS, wants Russia to have a bigger role in the anti-terrorist campaign in Iraq than the US and may soon officially request to start airstrikes on its soil, the chairman of Iraqi parliament’s defense committee said.

Jim W. Dean - To engage Russia militarily for fighting the terrorists too well might make Syria into Obama's Hitler bunker, in terms of his foreign policy reputation.

Over 1,000 terrorists have laid down arms and surrendered to the Syrian authorities over the past 24 hours in Daraa, Syria's National Reconciliation Committee announced on Monday.

Russia’s Sukhoi jets flew 15 sorties over Syria on Monday striking 10 Islamic State targets in various regions, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. 20 tanks and 3 rocket launchers in Homs province near embattled Palmyra were destroyed.

Ret. General Flynn admitted that he “didn’t have any words to describe” Washington’s training program aimed at tackling ISIS, which came at a cost of $500 million and has resulted in just a handful of fighters still on the ground.

Jim W. Dean - We knew while we were exchanging briefings with the Syrian government during our mid-September Damascus trip that changes were in the wind for the Syrian conflict.

The state-of-the-art Russian electronic warfare system Krasukha-4 has reportedly been deployed in Syria.

Search for FSA entering third week, according to Syrian Human Rights Observatory.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet may be used in Syria to blockade the Syrian coastline and deliver armaments, as well as possibly deliver artillery strikes

Precision weapons are used from high altitudes to exclude encounters with American supplied portable air-defense systems.

The Russian Air Force in Syria has conducted 25 sorties on 9 Islamic State installations in the last 24 hours, eliminating a disguised terrorist base equipped with tanks, a command center and a communication hub, the Defense Ministry reported.

Jim W. Dean - Russia continues to roll out its bombing campaign, putting on display for us all the systematic destruction of terrorist infrastructure prior to a ground offensive by the Syrian army.

Even cats don't get born on their own and such high-profile terrorist organisations, packaged with beautiful Hollywood promos don't appear on their own.

A senior member of Russia’s parliament Duma says an ongoing air campaign by Moscow against militants operating in Syria is going to intensify.

The real war news not allowed in the Western press.

Gordon Duff - This morning, Fox News reported a Pentagon move to formulate a strategy to block Russia's bombing campaign around Idlib, near the Syrian/Turkish border.

Russia has struck eight Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry said, adding that civilian infrastructure was avoided during the operations.

Katherine Frisk - Do not sit with your elbow at cross purposes.

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz “When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty...

Jim W. Dean - Just as we are getting over our American NATO General Breedlove's too many claims of Russia being prepared to sweep through Ukraine all the way into Moldova, we now have a new fear porn general, General Ben Hodges.

Jim W. Dean - What Hagel is proposing here is heresy, that the UN Security Council actually do what it was designed to do, versus being a Kabuki theater where a few major Western countries use or abuse it at will.

Jim W. Dean - Egypt looks like a suitable home for these Mistral ships now, due to its growing relations with Russia. But I am curious where the money came from. Will they end up patrolling with the Russian boats?

Jim W. Dean - Syria is not down on its knees begging. If the current coalition members and the Gulf States refuse to join, then the remaining players will be Russia, Iran and China.

For the first time since the inception of the Ukrainian crisis, German Eurofighters are set to patrol the Baltic Airspace with full ammunition.

F. William Engdahl - What is likely to emerge is a negotiated arrangement between Putin’s Russia and the Saudi-led OPEC oil producers of the Middle East, including Iran, to devise a new ordering of the world's energy supply, independent of Anglo-American domination.

PressTV - US Secretary of State John Kerry says the White House is considering military-to-military talks with Russia over Syria.

Jim W. Dean - When you look back on the last four years, one would think that the US had adopted destabilization as its new reason for existing.

Gordon Duff - Very few American attacks have been against ISIS' primary area of operations, nor against ISIS' supply lines or ISIS' transit capabilities, which allow them to move jihadists during daylight over hundreds of miles.

Jim W. Dean - If the West can declare war on IS and put a coalition together to bomb who and when they like then certainly Syria has the right to do the same thing inside its own country.

Suppressed report on EU/Russia move in Syria can be read here.

Jim W. Dean - Lavrov weighed in today, also, obviously a prepared media counter, saying that “Syria would not go the way of Libya”.

Is NATO forcing Russia to build air bases in neighboring countries?

Gordon Duff - Top Syrian officials claim that Russia and Iran are abandoning obligations made months ago and are betraying Syria and the Syrian people.

Jim W. Dean - The continued pushing of the US and NATO camel noses into the tents of the former Soviet Union states is creating multiple trip wires to pour more foreign troops in